Radeon Sky 700 vs GeForce 9800 GT

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	1109	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.06	no data
Power efficiency	0.70	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	G92	Tahiti
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	21 July 2008 (17 years ago)	27 March 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	112	1792
Core clock speed	600 MHz	900 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	225 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	33.60	100.8
Floating-point processing power	0.336 TFLOPS	3.226 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	56	112
L1 Cache	no data	448 KB
L2 Cache	64 KB	768 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm	267 mm
Height	1-slot	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Form factor	no data	full height / full length
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	176 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	HDTVDual Link DVI	1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort count	no data	1
Dual-link DVI support	-	+
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 July 2008	27 March 2013
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	225 Watt

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